Alaskan glacier trekking is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore some of the finest icy landscapes on Earth ...

Additionally, we demonstrated autonomous sampling techniques at Matanuska Glacier, Alaska. The second project, LuNaMaps, focuses on autonomous lunar landing. Successful planetary landings require ...

Mendenhall is one of more than 100,000 glaciers in what's appropriately called the "Glacier State". Inside the Tongass National Forest, 19km from Juneau along the Alaska-Canada border in south ...

A previously hidden under-sea ecosystem has been revealed after an iceberg broke away from the George VI Ice Shelf, a massive glacier on the Antarctic ice sheet. Researchers from Schmidt Ocean ...

Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend is often regarded as a yearly Alaska stimulus check for residents, injecting cash directly into households and the state economy. In 2024, the program marked its ...

Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the clock, but by the changing of the seasons. Though cruising is a popular way to ...

the Matanuska Glacier is the largest in the US accessible by road. It takes less than two hours to get here from Anchorage along the scenic Glenn Highway, and many who visit Alaska by land make a ...

“Let’s not only look at the (Matanuska-Susitna) Valley. Let’s look at all of the state of Alaska.” Other lawmakers objected to the proposal’s cost; initial estimates suggested that ...

Two satellite photos taken 33 years apart show the disappearance of a glacier in Iceland that was the first ice mass to be declared dead as a result of human-caused climate change. Okjökull was a ...

“I think really, since the 1960s or even before that, it has just been growth, growth, growth, growth—with maybe a little lull in the ’80s,” says Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Director ... over ...

Alaska is known for its rugged wilderness and awe-inspiring landscapes, and the Matanuska Glacier is no exception. Stretching over 27 miles long, this ancient river of ice offers a unique opportunity ...